Thirty two teams from the North, East, West and South will unite for one cause of peace and harmony as the Murali Harmony Cup 2014 kicks off today in five different towns such as Jaffna, Oddusuddan, Mankulam and Kilinochchi in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka with 11 games are scheduled to take place in the first day and a total of 40 matches will be conducted during the whole course of the tournament.
Many budding cricketers have not played a coloured-clothing match with white balls and the Murali Harmony Cup is the once in a life-time opportunity for those youngsters in North and East.
Eight under 23 girls’ teams have been drawn in 2 groups and after the round-robin stage; the top 2 teams will advance for the final on 2nd of November. Out of all the 8 teams, only one team is from the commercial capital of Colombo while all the other teams have lined up from different parts of the island.
The two previous boys’ tournaments were both won by St Peter’s College, Colombo who will once again start as one of the tournament favorites having been invited to defend their crown. However, this year they will face stiff competition from the dominant under 19 all-island champions Richmond College from Galle, Ananda College from Colombo, Prince of Wales College from Moratuwa and a traditionally strong Jaffna Combined Schools.
The participating teams have been increased to 24 from 16 and this will be one of the most spectacular platforms for any young cricketer to compete with players from North, East combined together for a winning cause.
During the past tournaments, many upsets have been occurred such as combined teams in North have defeated much fancied teams from the West and South to showcase the true competiveness of the event.
Five days of carnival atmosphere will no doubt add value to the peace and reconciliation happening in once the most troubled areas in the beautiful island of Sri Lanka.
Boys Tournament Fixtures
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group A – Jaffna Combine Schools v Ananda College |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group B – Trinco-Batti Combined Schools v Richmond College |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group C – Kilinochchi & Mullaitivu Combined Schools v St. Peters College |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group D – Mannar-Vavuniya Combined Schools v Devapathiraja College |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group A – Prince of Wales College v International Schools Combined |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group B – Karandeniya Central College v S.Thomas’ College Bandarawela |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group C – FOG-Seenigama v Badulla & Monaragala Combine Schools |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group D – Maris Stella College v Polonnaruwa Combine Schools |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group A – Ananda College v Prince of Wales College |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group B – Richmond College v Karandeniya Central College |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group C – St. Peters College v FOG-Seenigama |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group D – Devapathiraja College v Maris Stella College |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group A – Jaffna Combine Schools v International Schools Combined |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group B – Trinco-Batti Combined Schools v S.Thomas’ College Bandarawela |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group C – Kilinochchi & Mullaitivu Combined Schools v Badulla & Monaragala Combine Schools |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group D – Mannar-Vavuniya Combined Schools v Polonnaruwa Combine Schools |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group A – Ananda College v International Schools Combined |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group B – Richmond College v S.Thomas’ College Bandarawela |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group C – St. Peters College v Badulla & Monaragala Combine Schools |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group D – Devapathiraja College v Polonnaruwa Combine Schools |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group A – Prince of Wales College v Jaffna Combine Schools |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group B – Trinco-Batti Combined Schools v Karandeniya Central College |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group C – Kilinochchi & Mullaitivu Combined Schools v FOG-Seenigama |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group D – Mannar-Vavuniya Combined Schools v Maris Stella College |
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Sat Nov 1 |
2nd semi-final – TBC v TBC (2nd Place in the group standings v 3rd Place in the group standings) |
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Sat Nov 1 |
1st semi-final – TBC v TBC (1st Place in the group standings v 4th Place in the group standings) |
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Sun Nov 2 |
Final – TBC v TBC |
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Women’s Tournament Fixtures
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group A – Shakthi Ladies v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group A – Matale Ladies v Badulla Ladies |
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Wed Oct 29 |
Group B – Nittabuwa Ladies v FOG-Seenigama Ladies |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group B – Polonnaruwa Ladies v North-East Combined Ladies |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group A – Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women v Matale Ladies |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Group A – Shakthi Ladies v Badulla Ladies |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group B – FOG-Seenigama Ladies v Polonnaruwa Ladies |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group B – Nittabuwa Ladies v North-East Combined Ladies |
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Fri Oct 31 |
Group A – Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women v Badulla Ladies |
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Sat Nov 1 |
Group A – Shakthi Ladies v Matale Ladies |
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Sat Nov 1 |
Group B – FOG-Seenigama Ladies v North-East Combined Ladies |
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Sat Nov 1 |
Group B – Nittabuwa Ladies v Polonnaruwa Ladies |
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Sun Nov 2 |
Final – TBC v TBC (Winner Group A-1 v Winner Group B-1) |
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